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...coming on Sunday!
Brief History:
For those who are unaware; we had numerous competitions (quite successfully, I might add) that ran during GT4's long, long run on these forums. The two main ones, that ran most often and longest, were these two:
- Photomode Competition (PMC) - A minimal-Photoshopping, easy-to-access competition meant with larger poll sizes. The main event!
- 2.0 Advanced - I'll be your host! More freedom with post-GT editing, and a poll half the size of the PMC. Tougher competition!
Here are some examples to give you an idea (remember though, that GT4's community is very small compared to what we'll be seeing this week!):
PMC Week 196 Thread
PMC Week 196 Poll
I had been talking to Jordan a few months ago about bringing them back, bigger than before, and this is the culmination of that. So, what are the comps about?
Comp Explanations:
PMC
PMC will be ran by our good member Nicknamealguem. This competition will allow no editing outside of GT5's parameters other than a resize. This keeps everyone on the same page, and brings the focus to the artistic qualities of the images.
2.0
A full rule-set of 2.0 will be available once the competitions are posted. This is for more experienced Photoshop users, though people are free to enter with as little Photoshop work as they deem needed! The poll will be half the size, which means a lot more people may or may not make the cut each week. Give us your best work!
Shared Rules:
The two main comps will be sharing a fair bit of rules. Below is a brief run-down:
- Poll Setup - A week's theme is decided by the two-weeks-prior's winner. For example, Week 3's theme will be chosen by the overall winner from Week 1. The theme-chooser cannot enter in their own theme, but they do get to pick the entries which move on to the voting poll
. We may be including other goodies/prizes down the road
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- Weekly Schedule - Both competitions will be running on a weekly schedule. Competition threads will be posted on Sunday evenings, and will be closed one week later. The first two weeks, by dint of being "open" themes, will have unlimited-size polls. The poll will run until the Saturday evening, or thereabouts, afterwards. So now you see why Week 1's winner has to pick Week 3's theme: the poll voting period for Week 1 will be taking place while the open submission time for Week 2 is happening
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- One entry per person - This is a strict rule for these two comps. It only makes sense!
- H2H Poll - Years ago, we had a "Head2Head" competition, that would require a two-sided theme. For example: Black/white photos vs colour photos, Japan vs the world, etc etc. PMC and 2.0 will be using this setup once every four weeks to inject some fun into proceedings. The poll setup will be different for these: there will be a poll for each faction; the winners from each then face off in a duel. Pick a side!
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